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LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

A teacher gives an English lesson in the city of Saitama on July 12.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2023
Japanese junior high kids average 12% in English oral test
More than 60% of the students evaluated could not answer a single speaking question correctly.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 16, 2020
Language schools struggling to survive as virus keeps students out of Japan
Many of the approximately 800 Japanese-language schools are struggling because they can't get new students due to the virus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Sep 8, 2018
Japanese woman works to give impoverished Filipinos path to education and jobs
While in college, Takako Yamada was determined to brighten the days of impoverished Filipino children through sports and leisure activities — a right she believed some of them had been deprived of.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 13, 2017
Number of foreign students at public schools who lack Japanese language skills hits record high
Support system seen lacking as education ministry survey shows that 34,335 children needed remedial lessons as of May last year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 16, 2017
Miyazaki Japanese language school suspected of forcing Indonesian students to work in care facilities
Labor authorities have referred to prosecutors the operator of a Japanese language school in Miyazaki Prefecture, suspecting it of forcing Indonesian students to work at care facilities owned by the same company.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2017
Refugee's daughter driven to build Japanese language school in Vietnam
The child of a refugee from Vietnam is striving to realize her dream of building a Japanese language school in the Southeast Asian country.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 3, 2017
Experts warn Japan's language schools are becoming a front for importing cheap labor
A 29-year-old Nepalese student in Tokyo has found herself stuck in limbo with her dreams derailed, and the state of Japan's language schools is to blame.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / WELL SAID
Oct 3, 2016
Setting up contrary clauses with 'no ni,' 'te mo' and 'de mo'
Introduce the proper usage of u306eu306b and u3066u3082/u3067u3082, which link two contrary clauses.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Aug 27, 2016
Scores of municipalities struggling to aid foreign students with few or no Japanese language skills: survey
Numerous local governments nationwide are struggling to help foreign students who are enrolled in public schools but cannot understand the Japanese language, a survey showed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jul 22, 2016
Shake-up of Japanese-language schools looms amid drop in quality, oversight
A shake-up of Japanese-language schools looms as the government tries to lure more foreign students despite the fact that many are poorly run or even corrupt.
JAPAN
Jul 21, 2016
Poorly run Japanese language schools may lose license under new rules
The government will introduce new rules on running Japanese language schools to eliminate poorly managed facilities and keep educational quality at an adequate level, sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 9, 2015
Aichi NPO goes extra mile with language support for non-Japanese kids
Aichi Prefecture, where manufacturing businesses are heavily concentrated, currently has the largest number of young non-Japanese students in the country. There are 6,300 such students in the prefecture and the number of students requiring Japanese language support is increasing every year.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
An AI star seeks to bring self-driving cars to Japan by 2030
Japanese startup Turing plans to unveil a self-driving car with at least 30 minutes’ driving range next year and develop a fully autonomous car by 2030.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
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